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(b)   

any land adjacent to such a building (but not any building on any

such land).

      (8)  

Section 6 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) (service of documents)

shall apply to the service of notices under this paragraph with, in subsection

(4), the substitution for the words from “authority” to “document is to be

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served” of “nominated undertaker”.

      (9)  

In sub-paragraph (2), the reference to the permitted period is to the period

beginning with the completion of the supporting or strengthening under

paragraph 5 and ending 5 years after the date on which the work which

necessitated the supporting or strengthening was brought into general use.

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     (10)  

In this paragraph, “notice” means notice in writing.

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Where the nominated undertaker exercises any power under paragraph 5 or

6, it shall compensate the owners and occupiers of the building or land in

relation to which the power is exercised for any loss which they may suffer

by reason of the exercise of the power.

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      (2)  

Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under sub-

paragraph (1), or as to the amount of the compensation, shall be determined

under and in accordance with Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1961

(c. 33).

      (3)  

Nothing in this paragraph shall affect liability to pay compensation under

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section 6 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (c. 20), as

incorporated with this Act, or section 10(2) of the Compulsory Purchase Act

1965 (c. 56), as applied to the acquisition of land under section 6(1), or under

any other enactment, otherwise than for loss for which compensation is

payable under sub-paragraph (1).

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Discharge of water

8     (1)  

The nominated undertaker may use any watercourse or any public sewer or

drain for the drainage of water in connection with the construction or

maintenance of the works authorised by this Act and for that purpose may

lay down, take up and alter pipes and may, on any land within the limits of

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deviation for the scheduled works or within the limits of land to be acquired

or used, make connections with the watercourse, sewer or drain.

      (2)  

The nominated undertaker shall not discharge any water into any public

sewer or drain except with the consent of the person to whom it belongs; and

such consent may be given subject to such terms and conditions as that

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person may reasonably impose but shall not be unreasonably withheld.

      (3)  

The nominated undertaker shall not make any opening into any public

sewer or drain except in accordance with plans approved by, and under the

superintendence (if provided) of, the person to whom the sewer or drain

belongs, but such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

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      (4)  

The nominated undertaker shall not, in the exercise of the powers conferred

by this paragraph, damage or interfere with the beds or banks of any

watercourse forming part of a main river.

      (5)  

The nominated undertaker shall take such steps as are reasonably

practicable to secure that any water discharged into a watercourse or public

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sewer or drain under the powers conferred by this paragraph is as free as

 

 

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may be practicable from gravel, soil or other solid substance or oil or matter

in suspension.

      (6)  

This paragraph does not authorise the doing of anything prohibited by

section 85(1), (2) or (3) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) (offences of

polluting controlled waters).

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      (7)  

Any dispute as to the giving of consent under this paragraph shall, if the

parties agree, be referred to arbitration, but shall otherwise be determined

by the Secretary of State.

      (8)  

In this paragraph—

(a)   

“public sewer or drain” means a sewer or drain which belongs to a

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sewerage undertaker, the Environment Agency, an internal drainage

board, a local authority, an urban development corporation or a

harbour authority within the meaning of the Harbours Act 1964

(c. 40),

(b)   

“watercourse” includes rivers, streams, ditches, drains, cuts,

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culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers and passages through which water

flows, except a public sewer or drain, and

(c)   

other expressions used both in this paragraph and in the Water

Resources Act 1991 have the same meanings as in that Act.

Entry for preparatory purposes

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9     (1)  

The nominated undertaker may, for the purposes of this Act—

(a)   

survey or investigate any land within the limits of deviation for the

scheduled works or within the limits of land to be acquired or used

or which may be affected by the works authorised by this Act,

(b)   

without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), make trial holes

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in such positions as it thinks fit on any such land to investigate the

nature of the surface layer and subsoil and remove soil samples,

(c)   

without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), carry out

archaeological investigations on any such land,

(d)   

take steps to protect or remove any flora or fauna on any such land

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which may be affected by the carrying out of the works authorised

by this Act,

(e)   

place on, leave on and remove from any such land apparatus for use

in connection with the exercise of any of the powers conferred by

paragraphs (a) to (d), and

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(f)   

enter on any such land for the purpose of exercising any of the

powers conferred by paragraphs (a) to (e).

      (2)  

No land may be entered, or equipment placed or left on or removed from

land, under sub-paragraph (1) unless at least 7 days’ notice has been served

on every owner and occupier of the land.

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      (3)  

The power conferred by paragraph (f) of sub-paragraph (1) includes power

to enter with such vehicles and equipment as are necessary for the purpose

of exercising any of the other powers conferred by that sub-paragraph.

      (4)  

Any person exercising the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1)(f) on

behalf of the nominated undertaker shall, if requested to do so, produce

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written evidence of his authority.

 

 

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      (5)  

This paragraph shall not authorise the making of trial holes in a carriageway

or footway without the consent of the highway authority, but such consent

shall not be unreasonably withheld.

      (6)  

Any dispute as to the giving of consent under sub-paragraph (5) shall, if the

parties agree, be referred to arbitration, but shall otherwise be determined

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by the Secretary of State.

      (7)  

The nominated undertaker shall compensate the owners and occupiers of

land in respect of which the powers conferred by this paragraph are

exercised for any loss which they may suffer by reason of the exercise of

those powers.

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      (8)  

Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under sub-

paragraph (7) , or as to the amount of the compensation, shall be determined

under and in accordance with Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1961

(c. 33).

Temporary interference with waterways

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10    (1)  

The powers conferred by this paragraph shall be exercisable in relation to

the following waterways for the purposes of or in connection with the

exercise of the powers conferred by this Act with respect to works—

the River Thames,

the River Lea,

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West India Dock North and South,

Poplar Cut,

the Grand Union Canal,

the Regent’s Canal,

Bellmouth Passage,

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City Mill River, and

Frays River.

      (2)  

The nominated undertaker may—

(a)   

temporarily interfere with a waterway mentioned in sub-paragraph

(1) at any point within the limits of deviation for the scheduled works

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or within the limits of land to be acquired or used, by constructing or

maintaining such temporary works, or by carrying out such

dredging works, as it considers necessary or expedient,

(b)   

temporarily moor or anchor barges or other vessels or craft in a

waterway mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), or

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(c)   

temporarily close a waterway mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), or a

part of such a waterway, to navigation.

      (3)  

The power conferred by sub-paragraph (2)(c) shall be exercised in a way

which secures—

(a)   

that no more of the waterway is closed to navigation at any time than

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is necessary in the circumstances, and

(b)   

that, if complete closure of the waterway to navigation becomes

necessary, all reasonable steps are taken to secure that the minimum

obstruction, delay or interference is caused to vessels or craft which

may be using or intending to use it.

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      (4)  

The nominated undertaker shall not be liable for any loss suffered, or costs

or expenses incurred, by any person as a direct or indirect result of any

 

 

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interference in accordance with this paragraph with a public right of

navigation.

      (5)  

The nominated undertaker shall compensate any person who suffers loss as

a result of any interference in accordance with this paragraph with a private

right of navigation.

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      (6)  

Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under sub-

paragraph (5) , or as to the amount of the compensation, shall be determined

under and in accordance with Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1961

(c. 33).

Schedule 3

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Section 3

 

Highways

Stopping-up

1     (1)  

The nominated undertaker may, in connection with the construction of the

works authorised by this Act, stop up each of the highways or parts of

highways specified in the following table.

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      (2)  

No highway or part of a highway specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part 1

of the following table shall be stopped up under this paragraph unless all the

land which abuts on it falls within one or more of the following categories,

namely—

(a)   

land to which there is no right of access directly from the highway or

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part to be stopped up,

(b)   

land to which there is reasonably convenient access otherwise than

directly from the highway or part to be stopped up,

(c)   

land the owners and occupiers of which have agreed to the stopping

up of the highway or part, and

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(d)   

land which is in the possession of the Secretary of State.

      (3)  

No highway or part of a highway specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part 2

of the following table shall be stopped up under this paragraph if a new

highway is specified in relation to it in column (3) of that Part of the table, by

reference to the letters and numbers shown on the deposited plans or by

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reference to scheduled works, until—

(a)   

where the new highway is provided in exercise of the powers

conferred by this Act, the later of the date of practical completion and

the date on which it is first open for public use, and

(b)   

where it is not, the date on which it is first open for public use.

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      (4)  

Where a new highway specified in column (3) of Part 2 of the following table

is provided in exercise of the powers conferred by this Act, the date of

practical completion of the highway, or the date on which it is first open for

public use, shall be taken for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) to be what it

is taken to be for the purposes of paragraph 11(2).

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Part 1

 

(1)

(2)

 
 

Area

Highway or part to be stopped up

 
 

City of Westminster

Footpath within Westbourne

 
  

Green Sports Complex between

 

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points P5, P6 and P7

 
  

North-eastern side of Eastbourne

 
  

Terrace within extent of narrowing

 
  

shown on the deposited plans

 
  

Falconberg Court

 

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London Borough of Camden

Andrew Borde Street

 
 

London Borough of Islington

Cowcross Street between points P1

 
  

and P2

 
 

City of London

Hayne Street between points P3

 
  

and P4

 

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Fore Street Avenue between points

 
  

P1 and P2

 
  

Moorfields between points P2 and

 
  

P3

 
  

Fulbourne Street between points

 

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P1 and P2

 
  

Court Street between points P3 and

 
  

P4

 
  

Wood’s Buildings between points

 
  

P5 and P6

 

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South-eastern side of Durward

 
  

Street within the extent of

 
  

narrowing shown on the deposited

 
  

plans between points P2 and P7

 
 

London Borough of Tower

Garden Street between points P5

 

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Hamlets

and P6

 
  

Eleanor Street between points P1

 
  

and P2

 
 

London Borough of Greenwich

Bostall Manorway between points

 
  

P3 and P4

 

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Abbey Terrace between points P5

 
  

and P6

 
 

London Borough of Havering

Footpath (FP 123) between

 
  

Beechfield Gardens and Nursery

 
  

Walk

 

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Part 2

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

 
 

Area

Highway or part to be

New highway to be

 
  

stopped up

substituted for it

 
 

City of Westminster

Westbourne Park

Work No. 1/9C

 

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Passage within the

  
  

limits of deviation of

  
  

Work No. 1/9C

  
  

Westbourne Park

Work No. 1/9D

 
  

Passage within the

  

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limits of deviation of

  
  

Work No. 1/9D

  
 

London Borough of

Footpath between

New footpath between

 
 

Tower Hamlets

Stepney Way and

points P1, P4, P5 and

 
  

Stepney Green

P6

 

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between points P1, P2

  
  

and P3 and between

  
  

points P2 and P4

  
 

London Borough of

Footpaths between the

New footpath through

 
 

Newham

Excel Centre and

intended station, part

 

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Victoria Dock Road

of Work No. 1/5

 
  

between points P1, P2,

between points P10

 
  

P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8

and P11

 
  

and P9 and between

  
  

points P6 and P11

  

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Footpath between

Work No. 1/32D

 
  

Albert Road and

  
  

Factory Road between

  
  

points P1 and P2

  
  

Barbers Road between

Works Nos. 2/6A,

 

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points P1 and P2

2/6B and 2/7

 
  

Pudding Mill Lane

Works Nos. 2/6A,

 
  

between points P3 and

2/6B and 2/7

 
  

P4

  
  

Marshgate Lane

Works Nos. 2/6A and

 

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within the relevant

2/6B

 
  

limits

  
  

Footpath (Greenway)

New footpath between

 
  

between points P6, P7,

points P5, P14 and P13

 
  

P8, P9, P10, P11, P12

  

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and P13 and between

  
  

points P9 and P11

  
 

London Borough of

Footpath on eastern

Work No. 1/34

 
 

Greenwich

side of Church Manor

  
  

Way between points

  

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P1 and P2

  
  

Footpath between

Work No. 1/36

 
  

Mottisfont Road and

  
  

Bostall Manor Way

  
  

between points P1 and

  

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P2

  
 

 

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(1)

(2)

(3)

 
 

Area

Highway or part to be

New highway to be

 
  

stopped up

substituted for it

 
 

London Boroughs of

Footpaths over Abbey

New footpath through

 
 

Greenwich and Bexley

Wood Station between

intended station, part

 

5

  

points P7, P8, P9, P10

of Work No. 1/7

 
  

and P11 and between

  
  

points P11 and P12

  
  

Felixstowe Road

Work No. 1/37B

 
  

within the relevant

  

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limits

  
 

London Borough of

Gayton Road

Work No. 1/37C

 
 

Bexley

   
 

London Borough of

Footpath on eastern

New footpath between

 
 

Barking & Dagenham

side of Whalebone

points P1, P2 and P3

 

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Lane South between

  
  

points P1 and P3

  
 

London Borough of

Footpath adjacent to

Work No. 2/15D

 
 

Havering

bus stand, Atlanta

  
  

Boulevard

  

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County of Berkshire,

Hollow Hill Lane

Work No. 3/9D

 
 

Borough of Slough

between points P1 and

  
  

P2

  
 

County of

Thorney Lane South

Works Nos. 3/9B and

 
 

Buckinghamshire,

between points P1 and

3/9C

 

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District of South

P2

  
 

Bucks, Parish of Iver

   
 

London Borough of

Footpath and

Work No. 3/10F

 
 

Hillingdon

cycleway (Kingston

  
  

Lane) between points

  

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P1 and P2

  
 

 

Old Stockley Road

Footpath and

 
  

between points P1 and

cycleway between

 
  

P2

points P1 and P2

 
   

(Work No. 3/14)

 

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2     (1)  

The nominated undertaker may, in connection with the construction of the

works authorised by this Act, stop up any bridleway or footpath, or part of

a bridleway or footpath, which is—

(a)   

within the limits of deviation for the scheduled works or within the

limits of land to be acquired or used, and

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(b)   

not specified in columns (1) and (2) of the table in paragraph 1.

      (2)  

The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) shall not be exercised unless the

proposed stopping up has been confirmed by the appropriate Ministers

upon application by the nominated undertaker.

      (3)  

The appropriate Ministers shall grant an application under sub-paragraph

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(2) if, but only if, they are satisfied—

(a)   

that an alternative bridleway or footpath has been provided,

 

 

 
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